Harrow and cultivator



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HARROW AND GULTIVATOR.

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Patented Aug. 5, 1884.

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ERASMUS WV. ALLEN, OF SENECA, KANSAS.

HARRow AND C U LTIVATO R.

SPECIPICAIION fQrming part of Letters Patent No. 303,1,02, dated August5, 1884.

Application filed March 17, 1884. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERASMUS WV. ALLEN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Seneca, in the county of Nehania and State of Kansas,have invented certain new and'useful Improvements in H arrows andCultivators; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in'the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ofthis specification, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of abeam of my improved harrow. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same,showing it used as a fender for cultivators, the cultivatorshovels and aportion of the frame of the cultivator being shown. Fig. 3 is a top viewof a portion of the beam and the teeth, and Fig. 4 is a side view of thesame.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

My invention relates to an improvement in harrows, which also may beused as a fender for cultivators; and it consists in the improvedconstruction and combination of parts of the same, as hereinafter morefully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates a beam, which maybe square or triward in both cases; and B indicates the teeth, which areformed in V shape, straddling the upturned edge of the beam. These teethmay be made of any desired material, but rod iron or steel bent into thedesired shape is preferable. The apices of the teeth rest upon theupturned edge of the beam, and the divergent legs of the teeth bear uponthe-sides of the beam, having, preferably, an inclination toward therear end of the beam, and the sides of the beam are provided with anumber of staples, 0, one staple between each pair of ad' joining teeth,through which staples pass two rods, D, runningparallel with the edge ofthe beam and passing over the upper portions of the teeth, holding themdown upon the sides of the beam. These rods are preferablyformed thebeam is attached to the draft, the rearwardlyextending ends forming therods.

Wedges F are inserted between the staples and the teeth, serving toadjust the inclination of the teeth and holding the teeth in place. Theapices of the teeth are held in place by means of staples G, secured inthe beam on alternate sides of the upper edge near the same, throughwhich staples the teeth pass. hen the teeth are used in aharrow orpulverizer, one or more beams may be attached with their forward ends tothe draft, and the rear ends of the beams may be provided with chains Hor handles, by means of which the beams may be raised to clear them ofaccumulated rubbish, which chains may be attached to suitable handles orlevers if a wheel-frame is used. Then the teeth are used as fenders in acultivator, they are of a sufficient height to clear the plants, whichthey straddle, the shovels, which in Fig. 2 of the drawings areindicated at I, running upon both sides of the row, and the teeth are ofdifferent lengths and of different width from each otherat their lowerends, as

shown in the drawings, where it will be seen that the foremost teeth areshorter and diverge least at their lower end, the length and angle ofdivergence increasing toward the rear for a number of teeth-say four orfive-whereupon the teeth again are shorter and closerto each other attheir lower ends, at. the points where the shovels are, when they againdiverge, the fore most teeth thus moving rubbish and clods and similarobstructions away from the shovels,

. preventing them from throwing the obstructions upon the plants; andthe rearmost teeth likewise throw all obstructions toward the mid die ofthe row after they have been broken up by the shovels, thus fending allobstructions off from the plants, and at the same time pulverizing thesoil.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States 1. The combination of a beam havingits edge facing upward, and provided with an alternating row of staplesupon its sides, near its upper edge, and with a row of staples upon itssides corresponding in number to the number of teeth, as described,longitudinal rods passing through the staples upon the sides of thebeam, \l--shaped teeth passing through the staples near the upper edge,resting With the up- 5 per ends of their divergent legs upon the sidesof the beam, and passing under the longitudinal rods, and Wedges fittingunder the rods between the staples and the teeth upon the sides of thebeam, as and for the purpose shown and 10 set forth.

2. The combination of cultivator shovels running upon both sides of therow of plants, with the described harroW adapted to operate as a fender,and having a number of divergent I5 teeth, the foremost teeth runningbefore the ERASMUS V. ALLEN.

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